Really Boring Knife

[Vicarious Reality]

I'm beginning to realize that i really don't like any bumps or bulges on my handles.
I would really like something like this larger blade:

But i can't seem to find a production knife with that general look and these characteristics:
Hard, wear resistant, ''carbon'' steel
Nearly full or full flat grind
Lightweight metal, phenolic or polymer handle with good traction
Full tang
If it has slabs, preferably fastened with sturdy flared tubes

 

[Vicarious Reality]

That one has simple pins holding the handle... is there nothing but the friction of the pins and maybe glue holding handles like that onto the tang?

 

[Vicarious Reality]

I guess Bark River is my best bet.

 

[barrabas74]

That one has simple pins holding the handle... is there nothing but the friction of the pins and maybe glue holding handles like that onto the tang?

Yeah it probably has 2ton epoxy etc along with the pins. You really dont need more than that. I have made handles with wooden pins even as I intended them as just slicing knives and they wouldnt see any hard use. The wooden pins look cool and coupled with the epoxy the handles arent going anywhere.

From the shape of them they could also be corby rivets which screw into each other. I love those things....

 

[Dnullify]

me too. i've taken a fancy to:

no thumb lug, no overwhelming grooves or curves. As well as a large broad symmetric flat ground blade.

 

[Quiet.and.Simple]

That fixed blade in the picture at the top reminds me of the old trade knives that one would have seen on the frontier. Simple, no nonsense tools. If you look around at the different muzzleloading shops online you'll see what I'm talking about. Simple high carbon steels, pins retaining the handle slabs to full length slab tangs, and polished wooden slabs.

 

[sodak]

I'm beginning to realize that i really don't like any bumps or bulges on my handles.
I would really like something like this larger blade:

But i can't seem to find a production knife with that general look and these characteristics:
Hard, wear resistant, ''carbon'' steel
Nearly full or full flat grind
Lightweight metal, phenolic or polymer handle with good traction
Full tang
If it has slabs, preferably fastened with sturdy flared tubes

It's not production, but Ray Laconico makes knives a lot like that upper one.

 

[Vicarious Reality]

Muzzleloader shops eh?

 

[antonio_luiz]

I guess Bark River is my best bet.

BRKT or Helle or Falkniven come to mind

 

[gajinoz]

While I'm not a big fan of "fancy" handles or those with weird shapes, I do like them to offer a secure grip. Sometimes my hands might be covered in water, oil, blood, horseshit or who knows what else and I don't want the knife to be slipping around.

The handle on this big chopper gives me a very secure grip. Likewise on the SnG.

Sure, not as clean looking as the above examples but the thing is not going to fly out of my hand or let my fingers slide down onto the blade.

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[RevDevil]

While I'm not a big fan of "fancy" handles or those with weird shapes, I do like them to offer a secure grip. Sometimes my hands might be covered in water, oil, blood, horseshit or who knows what else and I don't want the knife to be slipping around.

The handle on this big chopper gives me a very secure grip. Likewise on the SnG.

Sure, not as clean looking as the above examples but the thing is not going to fly out of my hand or let my fingers slide down onto the blade.

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Same here. Call me greedy, but I'd like to keep 5 fingers on each hand as long as possible.
This one is the only anti-ergonomic blade I'll carry:

 

[Gator97]

Hard, wear resistant, ''carbon'' steel

Dunno about everything else but that "hard" will be a problem. It's very(or unnecessarily) complicated to get knives hardened close to their max.
For lots of steels 60-61 is upper range what you typically get, and those easily get 63-64HRC or above for light/medium use.
On the other hand, depends what you call hard steel too

 

[NeoClassic]

I've come to the very same realization as you.

Here are some knives that might appeal to you:

Blind Horse Knives Boat Tail Scandi

Green River Hunter (can also buy blade blank and put your own handle on)

Now, once you get into the realm of custom knives, which the Blind Horse one above borders on being, you have a whole world of possibilities. Here are just two, which are patterned after Scandinavian knives, but have full tangs instead of the traditional stick or partial tang:


BCNW-O1 Bushcraft Knife:

Woodbear Nordic Bear:

Ray Laconico, as someone else already mentioned, seems to build really fine knives with very clean and basic lines like you're looking for.

 

[JackHammer]

Check out JK Knives in the knifemakers forum. He has a few models in that style and they're reasonably priced.